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Some New Health Care Law Benefits Not Yet Available To Uninsured Women

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Affordable Healthcare Act could help Deloris Whittie pay for gas by cutting out her cost for contraceptives. Most women pay an average of $600 a year for contraception. Whittie isn’t all that happy about it because it only helps women who have health insurance.

“I think it’s backwards. If you can afford insurance now, of course you can afford contraception. But if you don’t have insurance, then you go without contraception?” Whittie said.